Up to 300,000 people had gathered for a prayer service to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival in the...

  Two of the attackers were killed

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, in a statement circulated online by supporters of the ultra-hard line Sunni group...

 

A scrap metal shop owner, who was killed in the explosion, often used a blow torch to cut open metal...

  "My primary request to our citizens is that we be careful, cautious and alert, but do not allow ourselves to be panicked...

 

 

  Police also said arrest warrants have been issued for three fresh suspects still at large, two of whom have names which appear...

  The death toll from the blasts that flattened part of the port, the world's 10th busiest, has risen to...

 

  The company that operated the warehouse was not licensed to handle hazardous chemicals until two months before the explosions

  Greenpeace reiterates its call for authorities to implement a comprehensive survey of hazardous chemicals currently present in air and water...

  Some 6,300 people have been displaced by the blasts.

  Eighty-five of the missing from Wednesday's disaster are fire fighters.